Cognitive Science EXAM Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
What is false memory? - ✔✔Memory that does not reflect experienced history
implanted by repetition.
What is case-based reasoning? - ✔✔The process of using the solutions to old problems
to solve new problems.
In what was is AI useful to medicine? - ✔✔1. Diagnostics
2. Big data
3. Image recognition
What is HCI? What subfield in cognitive science cares about it? - ✔✔Human Computer
Interaction.
Computer Science.
What are the three qualities of HCI? - ✔✔Usefulness: How effective it is at it's job.
Usability: How easy it is to use.
Learnability: How easy it is to learn.
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, What fact did George Lakoff believe was true about politics? - ✔✔When we think about
abstract concepts, specifically politics, we think about them in terms of metaphors.
These metaphors generally involve more bodily concepts EX:
Love is a journey.
The government ought be a nurturant parent.
What are the three sections of economics covered in class? Briefly describe them. -
✔✔Classical: Concerns itself with a mix of economic theory and psychology.
Neo-classical: Concerns itself with economic theory with a notion of a rational human
being
Behavioural economics: Concerns itself with those times a person will act irrationally.
What is the name of the AI who first played perfect chess? - ✔✔Deep Blue.
What is the name of IBMs Jeopardy AI? - ✔✔Watson.
What does the AI Aaron make? - ✔✔Art.
What is a Turing test? - ✔✔A test for computer intelligence in which an AI can reliably
trick a human into thinking it is also a person.
What is visual analytics? - ✔✔A profession in which you create visualization of data
without yourself understanding what that data means.
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and Answers 100% Pass
What is false memory? - ✔✔Memory that does not reflect experienced history
implanted by repetition.
What is case-based reasoning? - ✔✔The process of using the solutions to old problems
to solve new problems.
In what was is AI useful to medicine? - ✔✔1. Diagnostics
2. Big data
3. Image recognition
What is HCI? What subfield in cognitive science cares about it? - ✔✔Human Computer
Interaction.
Computer Science.
What are the three qualities of HCI? - ✔✔Usefulness: How effective it is at it's job.
Usability: How easy it is to use.
Learnability: How easy it is to learn.
EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, What fact did George Lakoff believe was true about politics? - ✔✔When we think about
abstract concepts, specifically politics, we think about them in terms of metaphors.
These metaphors generally involve more bodily concepts EX:
Love is a journey.
The government ought be a nurturant parent.
What are the three sections of economics covered in class? Briefly describe them. -
✔✔Classical: Concerns itself with a mix of economic theory and psychology.
Neo-classical: Concerns itself with economic theory with a notion of a rational human
being
Behavioural economics: Concerns itself with those times a person will act irrationally.
What is the name of the AI who first played perfect chess? - ✔✔Deep Blue.
What is the name of IBMs Jeopardy AI? - ✔✔Watson.
What does the AI Aaron make? - ✔✔Art.
What is a Turing test? - ✔✔A test for computer intelligence in which an AI can reliably
trick a human into thinking it is also a person.
What is visual analytics? - ✔✔A profession in which you create visualization of data
without yourself understanding what that data means.
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